The Scientific Revolution marked the birth of modern science. Discoveries and inventions helped scientists study the natural world. The Scientific Revolution had broad effects on society, changing ideas about the physical world, human behavior, and religion. Europeans developed a new way of gaining knowledge, leading to a Scientific Revolution that changed the way people thought about the world.
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| 1954581534 | Birth | The Scientific Revolution marked the ________ of modern science | 0 | |
| 1954581535 | 1540 and 1700 | The Scientific Revolution occurred between... | 1 | |
| 1954581536 | Knowledge and Understanding | The word science comes from the latin words | 2 | |
| 1954581537 | Theories | The explanations scientists develop to explain observed facts are called theories. | 3 | |
| 1954581538 | Astronomy, geography, and logic | Ptolemy wrote about... | 4 | |
| 1954581539 | Galileo Galilei | -Italian scientist who was the first person to study the sky with a telescope -discovered mountains and craters on the moon -studied how falling objects behave -first scientist to routinely use experiments to test theories | 5 | |
| 1954581540 | Nicholas Copernicus | Mathematician who developed a heliocentric conception of the universe. | 6 | |
| 1954581541 | John Locke | 17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property. | 7 | |
| 1954581542 | Baron de Montesquieu | (1689-1755) Enlightenment thinker from France who wrote a book, describes what he considers to be the best government. He states that government should divide itself according to its powers, creating a Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branch,explained that under this system each branch would Check and Balance the others, which would help protect the people's liberty. | 8 | |
| 1954581543 | Voltaire | Criticized Christianity, supported religious tolerance. | 9 | |
| 1954581544 | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | (1712-1778) French writer and Enlightenment philosopher who wrote a book called, The Social Contract, where he stated that people were basically good, and that society, and its unequal distribution of wealth, were the cause of most problems. Rousseau believed that government should be run according to the will of the majority, which he called the General Will. He claimed that the General Will would always act in the best interest of the people. | 10 | |
| 1954581545 | Balance of Power Theory | Equal power would prevent one monarchy from becoming too powerful | 11 | |
| 1954581546 | The Seven Years' War | AKA French and Indian War. War mainly between Britain and France, but Britain sided with Prussia and fought against France, Austria and Russia. Fighting took place all around the world, most notably in India and America. | 12 | |
| 1954581547 | Treaty of Paris (1763) | Agreement between Britain and France. Britain wins the Seven Years' War, gains control of global trade. As a result of the war cost, Britain taxes the 13 colonies with the Stamp and Sugar Act. | 13 | |
| 1954581548 | Mercantilism | Raw materials such as gold and silver are brought to the mother country for cheap and resold at high prices. | 14 | |
| 1954581549 | Geocentric Theory | Earth-centered view of the universe that came from the Greek philosopher Aristotle | 15 | |
| 1954581550 | Ptolemy | Greek astronomer who expanded the geocentric theory in the second century A.D. | 16 | |
| 1954581551 | Scientific Revolution | change in European thought that was launched in the 1500s as scholars began to question ancient ideas | 17 | |
| 1954581552 | Heliocentric Theory | sun-centered theory that came from Copernicus; still did not completely explain why the planets orbited the way they did | 18 | |
| 1954581553 | Galileo | Italian scientist who built on new astronomical theories; his theories that agreed with Copernicus were detested by the Catholic Church | 19 | |
| 1954581554 | Scientific Method | new approach to science developed by Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo; a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas | 20 | |
| 1954581555 | Johannes Kepler | German, used data to prove that the earth moved in an elliptical, not circular, orbit; Wrote 3 laws of planetary motion based on mechanical relationships and accurately predicted movements of planets in a sun-centered universe; Demolished old systems of Aristotle and Ptolemy | 21 | |
| 1954581556 | Three Laws of Planetary Motion | Johannes Kepler | 22 | |
| 1954581557 | Galileo Galilei | Italian, improved the telescope Established Universal Laws of Physics, Dialogue Concerning Two World Systems, recanted, observations proved Copernician pov | 23 | |
| 1954581558 | Rene Descartes | french, significace of doubt, the deductive method, Father of philosophy, "i think, therefore i am", Father of analytical geometry, Discourse on Methods | 24 | |
| 1954581559 | Isaac Newton | english, Principia, principle of universal gravitation, made up calculus to prove his theories, skilled in optics and in spectroscopic analysis | 25 | |
| 1954581560 | heliocentrism | sun is the center of the universe, first proposed by Nicolas copernicus | 26 |
